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Cisco's Catalyst line of modular and fixed managed switches provides speed and intelligence at the access, aggregation, and backbone areas of converged IP voice, HD video, and data networks for organizations that range in size from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises and SPs. Progent's Cisco-certified consultants offer remote and on-premises support for Catalyst family switches to help your organization to design a cost-effective network topology that meets your unique business needs, configure proof-of-concept testing, install Catalyst switches, establish and verify a sound security strategy, streamline network management and monitoring, deliver repair and maintenance services, maximize switch capacity, and configure Catalyst's high-availability (HA) solutions for non-stop operation.

Progent can help you to maintain and troubleshoot your legacy Catalyst switches or upgrade smoothly to up-to-date versions of Catalyst switches following industry best practices to ensure that you get the maximum return from your investment in your IT infrastructure.

The need for smart, high-performance switching is driven by a confluence of fairly new computing patterns whose overall impact is a virtual avalanche of data:

• Cloud and IoT networking and a consequent requirement for intensive network virtualization
• The pervasiveness of always-connected mobile devices
• Bandwidth-intensive rich media apps
• Social media for business
• The popularity of Big Data in analytics
• Increasingly sophisticated threats like ransomware

Cisco's current lineup of Catalyst switches are best suited for the distribution/core levels of enterprise campus environments where mobile and stationary employees must be accommodated by providing unvarying high speed, strict access management, careful segregation, application awareness, and wired/wireless convergence. Catalyst switches are designed to meet the need for speed and intelligence with features such as high-density 10G/40G/100G support, switching capacity more than 25T for each appliance, an extensive suite of technologies including Easy Virtual Network (EVN) to facilitate the creation of VLANs, Virtual Switching System technology for stateful interchassis failover with instant virtual switch restoration and "five nines" (99.999%) availability, IPv6 support, Application Visibility and Control (AVC) to optimize system resource usage, and advanced Quality of Service (QoS) tools for critical data prioritization.

Catalyst switches enable organizations of any size to build intelligent switching and routing features into their network infrastructure, deploying an environment that can handle real-time requirements, expand to support future growth, protect vital information, and differentiate and manage processes to enhance network operations.

Catalyst 1000 Series Fixed Ethernet Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 1000 Layer 2 network access switches are compact, fixed switches intended for smaller businesses and branches with as many as 250 users and with minimal in-house IT expertise. The Catalyst 1000 Series includes fanless models for quiet operation outside a wiring closet in an office venue. Mounting alternatives include desktop, wall mount, standard rack mount, and DIN rail mount. Designed as a simple upgrade for Cisco Catalyst 2960-L or 2960-Plus deployments, the Catalyst 1000 Series includes models with 8 to 48G Ethernet ports or 24 to 48 Fast Ethernet 10/100M Mbps ports.

Catalyst Series 1000 configuration and management are easy via a web UI or CLI, security is enterprise-grade, and PoE+ ports with a dynamically allocated power budget of 740W supports a wide range of IoT solutions. Up to eight Catalyst 1000 Gigabit Ethernet model switches can be managed at once with single IP. All Catalyst Series 1000 appliances are line-rate switches, and all are based on Cisco's familiar IOS Software. Quality-of-Service (QoS) capabilities include egress queues for each port plus priority packet queuing to deliver wire-speed throughput for time-critical data. Catalyst Series 1000 switches also support Shaped Round Robin service scheduling and Weighted Tail Drop congestion management.

Catalyst 9000 Series Fixed and Modular Managed Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 9000 line of switches includes modular and fixed appliances and can support all deployment scenarios including access, aggregation, and core switching. The Cisco Catalyst 9000 family offers devices with the appropriate value proposition to connect workers and things in venues from small businesses and branch offices to global enterprises. Catalyst 9000 products can be set up to support any combination of onsite deployments, private and public clouds, and hybrid network models. Modern management utilities and advanced security solutions reduce cost of ownership by saving time and safeguarding critical network assets. Cisco's 9000X series of managed switches provide converged switching and routing, delivering the first mix of 400G optical transceivers plus full mGig and Power-over-Ethernet ports.

With double the stacking bandwidth for about half the price of the legacy Catalyst 2960-X and 2960-XR switches they are designed to replace, Catalyst 9200 Series switches are a compelling infrastructure update for small branch offices and midsize campus deployments. The Catalyst 9200 portfolio includes switches that support 24 or 48 ports with full PoE+; 80-160 Gbps stacking performance; and Layer 3 features that include OSPF, EIGP distance routing protocol, IS-IS link-state protocol, and routed access. Cisco Catalyst 9200 Series switches run Cisco IOS XE.

The Catalyst 9200 offers 160-Gbps stacking bandwidth, supports onsite-replaceable redundant power supplies and fans, and accepts add-in network modules with 4x1G, 4x1/10G, 2x25G, or 2x40G uplink. The Catalyst 9200 Enhanced VN switch allows up to 32 Virtual Networks and offers 160-Gbps backplane stacking bandwidth. The Catalyst 9200L offers 80-Gbps stacking performance. Both the Catalyst 9200L multigigabit and the Catalyst 9200 multigigabit offer wireless bandwidth tuning with 8 or 12 mGig Ethernet ports up to 10G.

Cisco's Catalyst 9300 Series switches are fixed, stackable units for high-density enterprise access switching. Key capabilities available with various models in the Catalyst 9300 product line include up to 1Tbps stacking throughput, stackable high-speed fiber, up to 448 multigigabit ports including 288 ports of 90W UPOE+ with an 8-device stack, end-to-end IPsec with AES-256 Encryption and speeds as high as 100G, HA fans and power, plus data stack and StackPower cables compatible throughout the entire Catalyst 9300 family.

Powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system, switches in the Catalyst 9300 family support automated device provisioning, API-based configuration, high-granularity visibility for near realtime monitoring, and transparent software updates. Advanced security features include Encrypted Traffic Analytics (ETA) as well as AES-256 MACsec and IPSec encryption, and Cisco Trust Anchor Technologies with Secure Boot. Cloud security is strengthened because Catalyst 9300 switches can host Cisco's Umbrella agent directly. This makes it possible for businesses to implement their DNS filtering policies granularly to block BYOD or IoT users from visiting malicious websites.

The entry-level Cisco Catalyst 9300L switch delivers as much as 320G stacking bandwidth and supports 12 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10G ports and 36 10M/100M/1G ports. The 9300L uses fixed instead of modular uplink hardware for 4 1G, 4 10G, or 2 40G uplink ports. The Cisco Catalyst 9300 switch offers 480G of stacking throughput and can provide 48 100M/1G/2.5G/5Gbps ports, 24 100M/1G/2.5G/5G/10Gbps ports, or 48 1G SFP ports. Modular uplink speeds supported are 1G, 10G, 25G, or 40G. The top-of-the-line Cisco Catalyst 9300X switch provides 1T backplane stacking capacity and supports 48 10G Ethernet ports. The 9300X supports uplink modules with dual-rate 100G/40G, multirate 25G/10G/1G, or mGig. Cisco 90W UPOE+ supports IoT-intensive environments such as smart buildings. Cisco offers hardware to support 100G IPsec.

Cisco's Catalyst 9400 Series devices are modular switches powered by the Cisco IOS XE operating system and targeted for medium-size and enterprise campus access networks. Offering twice the throughput and more than four times the chassis bandwidth as the legacy Catalyst 6500 line it is built to replace, the Catalyst 9400 family brings switch capability into the current age of connectivity driven by cybersecurity, mobility, IoT, and cloud.

Catalyst 9400 switches are available with 4-slot, 7-slot, and 10-slot chassis. Two slots on the chassis are dedicated to redundant supervisor cards, making 2, 5, or 8 slots available for line cards. Max bandwidth scalability per line-card slot is 480G. Switching performance can reach 1.44 Terabits per second and forwarding performance on Supervisor Module can reach 9 Tbps with the 10-slot chassis. All Catalyst 9400 models can provide 90W UPOE+ on every access port, secure network segmentation with Software-Defined Access and N+N/N+1 power redundancy for high resilience. The Catalyst 9400 4-slot switch supports 96 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports, 5G/10G mGig ports, or 10G SFP+ ports. The Catalyst 9400 7-slot supports 240 ports, and the Catalyst 9400 10-slot supports 384 ports. All Catalyst 9400 models can provide 2 non-blocking 40 Gigabit Ethernet QSFP uplinks and 8 non-blocking 10G SFP+ uplinks.

Cisco's Catalyst 9500 product line includes fixed core and edge services appliances designed for the enterprise campus. Catalyst 9500 switches are based on the Cisco IOS XE operating system and the the family includes the first network technology to provide switching rates above 25 Tbps.

Catalyst 9500 models deliver as high as 6.4 Tbps switching capacity with forwarding throughput up to 2 Billion Packet per Second. Catalyst 9500 appliances can provide as many as 32 nonblocking 100 Gigabit QSFP28 optical ports, 32 nonblocking 40 Gigabit QSFP+ ports, 48 nonblocking 25G SFP28 ports, or 48 nonblocking 10G ports. You can configure MEC multipathing across Cisco StackWise-Virtual members for high resiliency.

Catalyst 9500X switches can provide up to 25.6 Tbps switching performance with up to 2 Billion Packet per Second forwarding capacity. Catalyst 9500X models support up to 28 nonblocking 40/100 GB QSFP28 optical ports or 8 nonblocking 40/100/200/400 Gigabit QSFP-DD ports. The 9500X product line also includes hardware support for line-rate 256-bit 802.1AE Media Access Control Security (MACsec) and WAN-MACsec1 data encryption.

Catalyst 9600 Series switches are modular core and distribution switches intended for the enterprise campus. The 6-slot chassis using a Catalyst 9600X Series Supervisor delivers switching capacity up to 25.6 Terabits per second and can contain as many as 256 nonblocking 10/25/50 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 96 nonblocking 40/100G G ports, or 8 nonblocking 200/400 G QSFP-Double Density ports. The Catalyst 9600 also supports dual-rate 40G/100G and 10G/25G optics. Two chassis slots are dedicated for high-availability supervisors. You can combine a variety of line cards for core and aggregation deployment scenarios. The chassis uses a passive backplane, making it possible to replace fan tray, power supplies, and line cards without disrupting operation.

End-of-Life Catalyst Products Still Supported by Progent's Consultants
Progent's Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants have extensive experience delivering online and onsite support services for older Catalyst switches which have reached End of Life. These legacy Catalyst switches typically are more expensive to manage and support than current models, provide less performance and fewer features, and in many cases can expose organizations to compliance and even liability risks. Progent can assist your business to maintain and troubleshoot these older Cisco products and can also help you to plan and carry out non-disruptive upgrades to current products within the Catalyst line or to devices from the Cisco Nexus line of network switches which take advantage of Catalyst design experience.

Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 Line
The Catalyst Express 500 and 520 family of managed Ethernet switches are intended for businesses with up to 250 workers and deliver the reliability, security, scalability, and features small and mid-sized businesses require at an affordable price. PoE capability makes it simple to add network appliances such as wireless access points and IP cameras.

Models of the Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 managed switches support from 8 to 24 10/100/1000BASE-T ports plus the option of backup power with auto fail-over for additional dependability. Integration with Cisco access points helps businesses to set up a local wireless environment quickly and effectively. The Cisco Catalyst Express 500 and 520 platform provides solid security against viruses With the Cisco Self-Defending Network technology and Cisco Clean Access agents. Catalyst 2940 Switch
Catalyst 2900 Series fixed-configuration, managed Ethernet switches provide basic small-group networking for small to midsize businesses. These wire-rate desktop appliances deliver Cisco IOS Software functions for simple data, video, and voice support at the edge of the network. The Cisco 2940 Series fixed-configuration switches are small-footprint, stackable devices featuring eight Fast Ethernet ports and one integrated Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet uplink. They can be installed away from the wiring closet in cramped office spaces such as on a user's desk or in a conference room.

Catalyst 2960-S Switch
The Catalyst 2960-S Series are fixed-configuration switches intended for small companies and branches. Available models incorporate 24 or 48 1Gb Ethernet ports, four 1GE or two 10GE uplink connections, and deliver switching capacity of 176 Gbps. Cisco's FlexStack feature permits four 2960-S switches to be grouped in a FlexStack stack to perform like a single switch that provides 40 Gbps of stacking throughput and that reduces operational costs because of single-switch setup. IPv6 FHS capability guards networks against IPv6 address theft and other attacks.

Catalyst 3560 Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 3560 family is a selection of fixed-configuration switches that includes IEEE 802.3af and Power over Ethernet (PoE) functionality in 10/100 Ethernet and Gigabit implementations. The Cisco Catalyst 3560 switch is a proven access-layer switch for midsize business network access or branch-office environments, offering both Gigabit Ethernet and Power over Ethernet options for high productivity while facilitating the installation of key technology including IP telephony, wireless connectivity, video monitoring, and remote video kiosks. Customers can activate network-wide intelligent features such as QoS, rate management, access control lists, multicast administration, and fast IP routing while maintaining the simplicity of traditional LAN switching.

The Cisco Catalyst 3560 family switch is equipped with a robust set of features that permit network expandability and enhanced resilience through IP routing plus a complete complement of Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) improvements designed to maximize availability in an access Layer network. Enhancements to the conventional Spanning Tree Protocol, including Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus, Uplink Fast, and Port Fast, combined with innovations such as Flex Links Layer 2 interfaces, improve network efficiency. Per-VLAN Spanning Tree Plus (PVST+) supports Data Link Layer load balancing on redundant links to exploit the additional bandwidth associated with a redundant architecture.

Important routing mechanisms including Open Shortest Path First (OPSF), EIGRP, Border Gateway Protocol, and Policy Based Routing improve system scale; Protocol Independent Multicast (PIM) helps improve the efficiency of system resource use; and Virtual Route Forwarding Lite protects network traffic.

Catalyst 3750 Family Switches
For midsized organizations and corporate branches, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switch eases integration of converged technologies and adapts to changing competitive environments by offering setup flexibility, ability to manage unified network patterns, and automatic configuration of intelligent network functions. Also, the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series is designed for high-density Gigabit Ethernet environments and includes a wide range of switches that meet the access, aggregation, and backbone-connectivity demands of small or mid-size deployments.

Cisco's Catalyst 3750 switch includes the IP Base or the IP Services image. The IP Base image features include advanced QoS, rate-limiting, ACLs, and simple static and Routing Information Protocol (RIP) routing support. The IP Services image provides a richer selection of enterprise-level features, including advanced hardware-based IP unicast and multicast routing.

Cisco StackWise technology is a stacking architecture optimized for Gigabit Ethernet. StackWise is designed to react to installs, deletions, and relocations while providing dependable operation. Cisco StackWise technology combines as many as 9 separate switches into a single logical unit, using special stack-interconnect cables and utilities. Any of the switches can be any combination of the Cisco Catalyst 3750 Series switches and the 3750-E Series switches. The stack behaves as a single switching appliance that is directed by a master switch, elected from among the member switches. The master switch intelligently builds and updates all the switching and user-selected routing tables. A running stack can accept new devices or remove existing members without service discontinuity.

Cisco Catalyst 2960 Series Switches and Catalyst 3560-CX Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 2960-CX is a fixed-configuration switch that is compact, fanless, power efficient, and allows a variety of mounting alternatives. The device incorporates eight 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports and two Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports and has an option for Power over Ethernet (PoE). Cisco's Catalyst 3560-CX is a fixed-port switch packaged in a sleek, quiet and energy-efficient unit that can be mounted virtually anywhere convenient. Versions are available with 8 or 12 1-GE ports or with six 1-GE ports plus 2 multigigabit ports. Up to four uplink ports are offered, and PoE+ power is also available.

Cisco's Catalyst 2960-L line consists of value-priced fixed-configuration switches designed for branch offices, retail areas, and other environments where space is limited. Catalyst 2900-L low-profile switches include eight to 48 GE ports and 2 or 4 Small Form-Factor Pluggable (SFP) uplink ports. Power over Ethernet support reduces clutter and fan-free design for most models eliminates noise. RJ-45 connectors support 10BASE-T, 100BASE-TX, 1000BASE-T and 1000BASE-T SFP-ports.

Catalyst 2960-X and Catalyst 2960-XR Series switches improve on the 2690-S family of switches by delivering switching capacity of 216 Gbps and supporting Cisco's FlexStack-Plus Stacking by means of a hot-swappable module that allows 8 switches in a stack capable of 80 Gbps of stacking throughput. Cisco Catalyst 2900 Series switches also work with NetFlow-Lite for flow-based traffic monitoring. The Catalyst 2960-XR Series switch is capable of L3 dynamic routing, offering the simplicity of using a single device for Layer 2 and Layer 3 routing.

Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 3650 and Catalyst 3850 series switches are fixed-configuration, stackable network access switches powered by Cisco's IOS XE control software and featuring comprehensive wireless controller functionality that lets you control wired and wireless infrastructure on a single device managed by a single OS. Cisco offers models with 24 or 48 10/100/1000 Ethernet ports with Power over Ethernet plus, four 1-Gigabit or four 10GE uplink connections, and capacity for up to nine switches in a stack. All models offer modular Quality of Service, stateful failover for maximum availability, software support for IPv4 and IPv6 routing, multicast, and advanced security.

Because wireless data traffic is present at the Catalyst 3000 family switch, network managers can identify and prioritize wireless data using Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution along with sophisticated QoS capabilities for an improved user environment and quicker problem mediation. Multigigabit Ethernet switching can handle the high-throughput called for by the latest 802.11ac Wave 2 Wi-Fi standard using existing cabling infrastructure. (For information about Progent's consulting services for Cisco's 802.11ac Aironet Wi-Fi products, and Cisco's Meraki cloud-managed APs, visit Planning and Deployment Support for Cisco Wireless Products.)

The Catalyst 3650 switch offers stacking bandwidth as high as 160 Gbps and can control as many as 25 Wi-Fi access points and 1000 Wi-Fi users per switch. The Catalyst 3850 switch offers stacking throughput of 480 Gbps and can control up to 50 Wi-Fi APs and 2000 Wi-Fi clients per switch or stack. Cisco Catalyst 3850 SFP Fiber Switches have 12 or 24 1G fiber ports at line rate, providing far reaching connectivity, enhanced security, and a consistent wired and wireless user experience.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series and Catalyst 4500-X Series Switches
Cisco's Catalyst 4500-E and and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are designed for campus access and distribution deployments where space for infrastructure equipment is at a premium. Powered by Cisco's IOS XE software, both the 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X families facilitate network virtualization thanks to Cisco's EVN and Virtual Switching System (VSS) solutions. Virtualization allows you to segment a physical network into multiple virtual networks (VNs) whose data planes and control planes are logically segregated. This makes possible the efficient utilization, protection, recoverability, and manageability required for Cloud computing or other scenarios where a single resource pool must be shared by software and services that must run in complete isolation from one another. EVN streamlines the process of creating VNs and can be expanded to 32 VNs per switch. Easy Virtual Network incorporates the capabilities of Multi-virtual routing and forwarding and provides additional features such as VNET Trunks and an easy technique for duplicating replicating routes connecting virtual networks. VSS technology makes it easy to configure Catalyst 4500-E and Catalyst 4500-X Series switches to create non-stop virtual networks with optimized traffic load balancing.

Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Switches
Cisco's Supervisor Engine for for the Catalyst 4500-E modular switch includes an integrated wireless network controller that supports Cisco's Unified Access solution for wired and wireless convergence. this is the initial Catalyst supervisor engine to allow wired as well as wireless services on one switch based on Cisco's IOS XE software. Features included are Cisco's FNF solution for traffic analytics encompassing both wired and wireless networks, Cisco TrustSec/SGT2 wired and wireless data security, consistent QoS for wired and Wi-Fi networks, and the extension of NSF/SSO to include wireless traffic for world-class availability.

Offered in chassis with from three to 10 slots, Cisco Catalyst 4500-E Series switches with Supervisor 8-E can handle up to 384 10/100/1000 Ethernet access ports, up to 192 1GE non-blocking fiber ports, 96 10GE fiber connections, and eight 10-Gigabit Ethernet uplink ports. Cisco's Supervisor Engine 8-E provides up to 928 Gbps of wired capacity for each system and up to 20 Gbps of wireless termination performance. 50 Wi-Fi access points and 2000 wireless clients can be supported per chassis, and up to 250 wireless access points and 4000 wireless clients can be managed in a two-switch deployment without a standalone wireless controller.

Catalyst 4500-X Switches
Catalyst 4500-X Series switches are fixed 10GE aggregation switches that deliver up to 800 Gbps of backplane switching capacity per device. The Catalyst 4500-X can have up to 32 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections on the baseboard and eight more 10GE ports on the optional expansion module for a maximum of 40 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections. Eight 10GE uplink ports can be added via a separate module. In addition to offering non-stop operation and simple management, Cisco's VSS solution on Catalyst 4500-X Series switches provides higher system performance of as much as 1.6 Tbps by enabling all available capacity across redundant Catalyst 4500-X switches. Other advanced features include Cisco's Flexible NetFlow solution for capacity planning, Cisco TrustSec security, and fast, hardware-based IPv6 forwarding.

Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series Switches
Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Catalyst 6800 Series switches are campus backbone switches that incorporate the field-proven DNA of the Cisco Catalyst 6500 family of products, which first appeared more than a decade ago and which have been continually enhanced since then. Cisco Catalyst 6500 and Cisco Catalyst 6800 switches provide the same features and operation, and the modular Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL supports the Cisco Catalyst 6500 Supervisor Engine 2T and its family of line cards and service modules. This backwards compatibility and program of ongoing enhancement preserves your IT expenditures and enables you to update your network with little business disruption or management team training.

Common features of Cisco Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches equipped with Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T include the Cisco ISE technology for simple, single-point administration to ensure consistent policy throughout a distributed network, Virtual Switching System technology for 99.999% availability via multi-level redundancy, and Cisco's Campus Locator/ID Separation Protocol to facilitate client roaming and device mobility and to simplify virtualization and transition to IPv6. Other virtualization tools to partition specific user groups and serve the unique security and Quality of Service policy needs of every group include Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPN, complete Multiprotocol Label Switching, EVN, VPN Routing and Forwarding-aware technology for Network Address Translation NetFlow, IPv6 over IPv4 GRE Tunnels, and Layer 2 geographic extensions with VPLS. For converged wired/wireless networking, the Wireless Services Module 2 (WiSM2) controller Catalyst 6500 Series and Cisco Catalyst 6800 Series modular switches can manage up to 1000 wireless access points and 15,000 wireless users.

Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Switches
The Cisco Catalyst 6500-E Series of modular switches are intended for aggregation and enterprise backbone environments that need maximum availability and high concentrations of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, 1 Gigabit Ethernet fiber, and/or 10 and 40 Gigabit Ethernet ports. Models have three to 13 expansion slots and work with a wide selection of modules. Integrated service modules support wireless, traffic monitoring, and security. Only E-Series models of Cisco's extensive family of Catalyst 6500 switches work with Cisco's Supervisor Engine 2T.

The Catalyst 6503-E has a 4RU chassis, includes 3 expansion slots, and offers as much as 180 Gbps of switching throughput per slot. The Cisco Catalyst 6503-E switch supports 97 1-Gigabit Ethernet ports, up to 99 Gigabit Ethernet fiber ports, 34 10-Gigabit Ethernet ports, and 8 40GE ports.

The top-of-the-line Catalyst 6513-E switch has a 19RU, 13-slot form factor and can deliver as much as 180 Gbps of capacity per slot, providing a system bandwidth of up to 4 Tbps. A VSS configured system can deliver up to 8 Tbps of capacity. The Catalyst 6513-E switch can support up to 529 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections, up to 534 1GE fiber ports, up to 180 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports, and up to 44 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports.

Cisco Catalyst 6800 Switches
Catalyst 6800 switches are programmable core platforms designed to provide optimal 10/40/100 Gigabit Ethernet support. The Catalyst 6880-X switch is a fixed-configuration, small form factor device for high-density Ethernet intended for small or medium-size campus backbones. The 6880-X switch supports as much as 2 Tbps throughput and has four slots for port cards. The maximum port density on one chassis is 80 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet access ports or up to 20 40GE access ports. Configured with VSS, these switches can provide 4 Tbps throughput and support up to 158 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or 10-Gigabit Ethernet connections or up to 20 40-Gigabit Ethernet ports.

The modular Catalyst 6807-XL switch has a 10-rack-unit chassis with 7 expansion slots and supports standard Supervisor Engine 2T line cards and modules. (Two of the slots are for the Supervisor Engine and five are for expansion modules.) The Cisco Catalyst 6807-XL switch can deliver up to 880 Gbps of switching bandwidth per slot and up to 11.4 Tbps of full-duplex switching bandwidth while providing up to 240 10/100/1000 Ethernet connections or 1GE fiber connections, up to 80 10GE ports or up to 20 40GE access ports. A two-chassis 6807-XL system configured with VSS can handle 22.8 Tbps of switching throughput, 480 1 Gigabit Ethernet access ports or Gigabit Ethernet fiber connections, 160 10GE ports or 40 40-Gigabit Ethernet access ports.

Ways That Progent Can Assist Your Business with Cisco Catalyst Switches
Progent offers the online or on-premises support services of Cisco CCIE-certified network consultants who have extensive backgrounds delivering Catalyst switch technology support for small and medium sized organizations, branch offices, enterprises, data centers, Cloud environments, and SPs. Progent's practice areas include Cisco's Catalyst and Nexus families of managed switches and with Cisco's IOS and NX-OS control software. Services available from Progent for Catalyst Series switches include proof-of-concept testing, system analysis and monitoring, topology design, migrations and project management, virtualization, wired/wireless convergence, management automation, capacity planning, troubleshooting, business continuity preparedness, and IT security and compliance assessment and validation.

Progent's Cisco-certified consultants have deep knowledge of industry standards as well as with Cisco-owned protocols and technologies associated with switching and routing including Border Gateway Protocol, MPLS traffic engineering, PIM, VPNs, Spanning-Tree Protocol, virtual LANs, Cisco FabricPath, Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), OTV, VRRP, OSPF, VSS, and LISP. Progent's infrastructure experts also offer experience with important technologies including TCP/IP protocols, IPv4/IPv6, Enhanced Interior Gateway Routing Protocol (EIGRP), Routing Information Protocol, and IGMP. Progent's CISSP-ISSAP certified data security and compliance consultants can show you how to create a comprehensive security strategy and deploy Catalyst switches so that they provide optimal support for your network security posture.

In case you require ultra high Ethernet density or sub-microsecond latency switches for an enterprise-class data center, Progent can assist your organization to evaluate, design, and manage a migration to Cisco's Nexus family of switches. To learn about Progent's consulting capabilities for Cisco's Nexus Series switches, see Cisco Nexus Switch consulting and support services available from Progent. Progent can also assist you to integrate Catalyst core switches with Meraki distribution switches. (See Cisco Meraki switch integration consultants.)

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